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Nantucket Conservation Foundation seeks to move Coatue ranger station landward; commission schedules site visit and continuance
Summary
The Nantucket Conservation Foundation proposed relocating a vulnerable ranger station on Coatue to reduce erosion risk and restore dune habitat; the Conservation Commission agreed to a site visit and continued the matter to Aug. 21 for more design details.
The Nantucket Conservation Foundation presented plans Thursday to lift and move an existing ranger station on Coatue farther inland, a project intended to reduce coastal erosion risk and restore the disturbed dune area.
Art Gasparo, representing the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, told the Nantucket Conservation Commission the structure’s edge has encroached toward the water and the foundation seeks to move it landward and restore the area with compatible sand fill, American beach grass plantings and temporary anchored fiber logs. "We believe that both environmental and functional interests are best served by relocating the structure," Gasparo said.
The proposal calls for supporting the relocated…
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